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Narrative:On 01 October 2017, at 1530 Pacific Daylight Time, the ASAP Avionics Services Ltd. Robinson R44 helicopter (registration C-FMBO, serial number 0106) departed the Campbell River Airport, British Columbia, during daylight hours, on a company indoctrination flight with 2 pilots on board. At 1548 the helicopter returned to the airport to conduct some hovering manoeuvres in the vicinity of the runway. At approximately 1554 the helicopter began to spin to the right and control was lost. At approximately 1555 the helicopter collided with trees 1.2 nm northwest of the threshold of Runway 12. The pilot seated in the left hand seat was fatally injured and the pilot seated in the right hand seat was seriously injured. The surviving pilot called 911 on a personal cellphone. There was no post-impact fire, and no dangerous goods were on board. The emergency locator transmitter activated but the signal was not heard until approximately 80 minutes after the helicopter impacted terrain.